Progress Report: Week 3, January 2014

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Progress Report: Week 3 January 2014

We have no air conditioning, and only bought fans yesterday (Friday, 17 January). On hot days (you know, those over 30 degrees Celsius), not only do I have trouble functioning, but the computer does, too. This week has been 39 degrees Celsius and up, with the last week being in the 40+ mark. Not a lot has been done and I am behind. Today (Saturday, 18 January), I have managed to keep both the computer and myself cool, in spite of it being over the 40-degree mark. Stuff is happening, but slowly. Here’s what I’ve achieved this week.

Overview

New words produced: 3,599
Old words revised: 0
Works completed: 0
Works revised: 0
Covers created: 0 (1-3 variations)
Works published: 0 (2-3 release platforms)
Works submitted: 0
Competitions Entered: 0

Tier 1 Tasks


  • Annual13: Added 481 words
  • Annual14: Added 3,118 words

Publishing Tasks



  • Anthology7—An Anthology of Blades: completed cover, formatted for Smashwords, Amazon-Kindle, Kobo, DriveThruFiction, OmniLit and CreateSpace. Uploaded for pre-release on all bar Kindle, CreateSpace and OmniLit.
  • Created 3 blog posts for this blog;
  • Created 1 blog posts for the C.M. Simpson Publishing blog;
  • Created cover for An Anthology of Blades.

 

 New Arrivals

The following ideas arrived this week:

  • ShortStory189—A Family in the Stars: a piece of flash science fiction about bloodlines and belonging.
  • ShortStory190—The Invisible Bookshop: a piece of flash urban fantasy fiction from the Otherworld setting.
  • ShortStory191—When Hell Came From Under the Troll Bridge: a piece of flash urban fantasy fiction from the Otherworld setting.
  • ShortStory192—A Royal Visit: a piece of flash urban fantasy fiction from the Otherworld setting
  • ShortStory193—The Pixies and the Corrupt Cadets: a piece of flash urban noir fantasy fiction from the Pixie Dust setting
  • ShortStory194—Monsters of the Medilo Mist: a piece of flash science fiction from the Medilo Swamp setting.
  • ShortStory195—The Flight of Edmond Hask: a piece of flash science fiction introducing Edmond Hask, who may just become a character of some significance.
  • Poem271—The Dragon Lands: about a dragon on a sunny morning;
  • Poem272—Elves, Humans and the Stars: about elves, humans and the stars, a poem blending science fiction and fantasy
  • Poem273—Spring-Time Dragon: a haiku about a dragon in the spring.
  • Poem274—Red Earth through White Wine: a short poem about looking at our land a different way.
  • Poem275—Australian Summer: Two short verses about the Australian summer.
  • Poem276—Pixies and the Aussie Summer: four short verses about how Australian temperature extremes in summer affect pixies.

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